This Morning's Giles Brandreth breaks down in tears over late father

This Morning's Giles Brandreth became emotional on the ITV show as he spoke about his late father - who served in World War II. This Morning presenters Emma Willis and Craig Doyle opened up about remembering VJ Day with Giles Brandreth and Rachel Johnson.

After the show marked the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day with a two minute silence, Giles spoke about how moving it was to see the King and Queen lead it. "To see there veterans who were actually alive, taking part in what was for many people called the forgotten war. The people in Burma thought they were the forgotten army," he said.

Giles added: "Whenever we talk about the war, I think about my own parents. My father was in the army for 6 years during the Second World War in intelligence but he rarely talked about."

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As the programme showed a picture of his father on the screen, Giles broke down, saying: "There he is, bless him. Oh that's rather touching."

Struggling to speak, he added: "They're good people, really good people. Interestingly, they very rarely talked about it. They just got on with it."

Craig said: "It's very poignant. So many people will be feeling like you right now Giles - sad and very proud."

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